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When you see the High Line on blogs and in the newspapers, you often read praise for the park's innovative design, thought-provoking artworks, extraordinary views, family activities, and the many ways it has positively impacted New York City.
But like other New York City success stories, the High Line is not immune to criticism. Just last week, you may have seen a blogger's opinion piece regrettably titled "Disney World on the Hudson" published in The New York Times.
In the days that followed the publication of the opinion piece, we were heartened to hear from many supporters, community leaders, and neighborhood residents who also took issue with the author's opinion. Some supporters wrote letters to The New York Times; others published their opinions on their own blogs and social media.
Follow us after the jump for a sample of the letters and messages we received.
Earlier today, Friends of the High Line Co-Founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond sent an email to supporters with our own response.
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"As principal of a middle and high school within walking distance from the High Line, I am grateful for the myriad ways in which my staff and students have benefitted from the park. Through free programs, student internships, and above all, being invited to actively participate in the park's growth and development, the High Line helps us meet one of our most enduring goals: to belong to a local community which motivates us."
Brooke Jackson
Principal, NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies
"Blaming the High Line for the changes in Chelsea is misdirected and unfair. The park is a stunning re-use of an urban relic, and from the beginning they have aggressively sought to serve the community by providing jobs and activities for local residents.
The real issue is that one in six people in Chelsea still lives in poverty. Blaming wealthy people, or the smart ideas that attract them, is not the answer. Chelsea has remarkable economic diversity, and we must make sure that is sustained.
Two things need to happen: First, City government must maintain its commitment to assisting people and businesses that are struggling. Recently, the Bloomberg administration relied on the increased wealth in the neighborhood to cut day care and after school contracts for poor families. Voters need to tell the administration this is unacceptable.
Second, the inhabitants of the new residential and corporate towers need to invest in their local community, the way it is done in neighborhoods all over the country. They can do that by supporting the community programs and small businesses that keep the poor and middle class portions of the neighborhood strong.
The High Line did not 'make' Chelsea, and it won't 'break' it, either. The strength of the community relies on us."
Ken Jockers
Executive Director, Hudson Guild
"The High Line is world renown for community action and preservation. To irresponsibly assert as Mr. Moss has that its transformation, and the 2005 rezoning that helped transform it, have led to widespread displacement is not supportable. While the rezoning did seek to replace gas stations with new housing, most New Yorkers surely agree that housing and parks are better for our environment and our tax base than fossil fuel. Furthermore, none of the business owners were forced out as Mr. Moss casually asserts; each owner had the right to stay, but many chose to sell because the rezoning so increased the value of their land. Most importantly, there is no evidence of the massive residential displacement Mr. Moss implies but does not corroborate. To the contrary, as more rental buildings get built north of 23rd Street, thousands of new units are under construction with far more affordable housing than the condominiums that have been built to date. Shame on Mr. Moss for letting the facts get in the way of his self-concocted Mousecapade."
Vishaan Chakrabarti The writer led the rezoning effort as the director of NY City Planning's Manhattan Office from 2002-2005, and is an emeritus board member of the Friends of the High Line. He is currently a professor at Columbia University and a practicing architect.
"I agree with some of Mr. Moss' points, but as a 30-year resident of Chelsea, I'm thankful to have this exquisite garden and community space steps from my front door.
I have nostalgia for '"old New York,' but I suspect change was inevitable regardless of the High Line. It's important to remember that the park preserves a decades old railway which would have otherwise been torn down. Thanks to neighborhood residents, this important piece of the city's heritage was not only saved, but enhanced for all to enjoy. Friends of the High Line has since concentrated its efforts on providing free events and community activities that bring in its closest neighbors.
I have been a longtime supporter of Friends of the High Line and a volunteer. I am extremely grateful to be close to a place that enriches my community. That tourists appreciate it as well is just fine with me."
Joan Garvin
West Village Resident, High Line Member, and Volunteer
"Disney World on the Hudson by Doom and Gloom Jeremiah Moss is so full of bitter invective and poisonous hyperbole regarding the extraordinary High Line in lower Chelsea that it deserves a response. Mr. Moss's diatribe is dripping with unsubstantiated descriptions such as 'tourist-clogged catwalk,' most rapid gentrification in the city's history, spawning salmon crammed in a bottleneck, close to a panic attack, stuck into a pool of stagnant tourists, out-of-towners, trendy denizens, touristic hordes overcrowding [including] the streets around it, destroying neighborhoods, corporatized, whipping community support into a heady froth." Why such exaggerated bitter anger against the most beautiful, exciting, brilliantly conceived, original park since Olmsted and Vaux's Central Park?
I am one of his 'stagnant tourists' living four blocks away. I spend more time on the High Line than any other park in the city, including Hudson River Park stretching from Battery Park to 59th Street a block west of the High Line. One winter afternoon I passed two other elderly 'tourists' and heard one say to the other, 'Isn't this wonderful! We don't have to cross any streets,' one of the great achievements of Central Park's depressed roads. This park in the sky was developed with broad and enthusiastic participation by the adjacent community who submitted and judged over 400 designs for consideration by Friends of the High Line. It is always a peaceful pleasure to stroll through the perennial wild flower gardens, which Mr. Moss refers to as weeds, and always find a place to sit and relax in the sun or shade of trees with a refreshing drink and gaze over the Hudson River from 35 feet in the air. This has to be one of the most pleasurable experiences in the city, one which I am always proud and happy to share with our neighbors far and wide and with guests from abroad."
Barry Benepe
West Village Resident and High Line Member
"I am a resident of the Elliott-Chelsea Houses, and I have been working at the High Line for three years. I know that the people at Friends of the High Line are all about giving back to the community. From my experience, working at the High Line is a great because the staff really care about what people think. The residents from the local area make just as much of a presence on the High Line as the tourists. That the High Line is a 'must see' explains why there are always tourists at the park. The High Line is really about representing the community and getting the residents involved. The people from the neighborhood like the High Line and what it stands for."
Juwan Stone
High Line Youth Corps
"Years before the last train rode the High Line tracks to deliver a load of frozen turkeys, Chelsea's gentrification was well underway, a process that's certainly been accelerating in recent years with definite winners and losers. But to say that the High Line doesn't serve the people who live in its shadow is patently wrong. All are welcome (thankfully without their dogs.) And if you don't like the crowds, come join me and my partner at 7:00 AM when you'll find friends and neighbors walking, jogging, and lounging on a blissfully empty linear garden, complete with crickets and mocking birds. For this long-time Chelsea resident, the High Line the best thing to happen here since the invention of the Oreo."
Eric Marcus
Chelsea Resident and High Line Member
"Jeremiah Moss's recent piece on the High Line seems accurate when it comes to changes in the basic fabric of New York City. As the director of a 40-year-old nonprofit arts organization in Chelsea, The Kitchen, I am all too aware of how the city's expensive character has made it increasingly difficult not only for cultural producers to live here but also for the communities that once gave rise to and sustained innovative culture here to exist at all. And yet to lay so much of that shift at the feet of the High Line is hyperbolic at best. As a neighbor of the High Line, I can say that new audiences, both New Yorkers and visitors, are visiting our institution more often as a result of the park's existence. And the park gives rise to a contemplative sphere rarely found anywhere in the city, offering some distance on the very frenetic urban developments Moss rightly deplores."
Tim Griffin
Executive Director and Chief Curator, The Kitchen
"Blaming the High Line for the loss of our city's middle class misses the point, like blaming the medicine for the cough. This daring piece of urban planning—once a fringe fantasy—is very much what we wished for. We should dare to dream for more High Lines throughout New York City."
Paul Soulellis
Chelsea Resident and High Line Supporter
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"There are two type of people in the world, those who see the world as half empty and those who see it as half full. The author behind Vanishing New York is clearly lodged in the half empty category. After reading through the piece recently penned about the High Line, I can only agree with the title – the High Line is a 'Disney World on the Hudson.' It is a place where people from near and far want to visit because it makes people happy. The High Line is an ever changing oasis in Manhattan."
I live a 'stones throw' from the High Line and go out of my way on a daily basis to spend more time at the park. Sometimes alone, other times with the wife and kids to the many free activities organized by Friends of the High Line. I will admit that the crowds keep me away between 3:00 and 5:00 PM on weekends, but I guess that is part of the price of success. To walk above the city, among the plants, and the smiling faces – there is something about being up there that causes people to enjoy life and smile.
The High Line's success brings developers to the neighborhood in much the way that Central Park brought developers uptown. It's an attractor, a place where people want to be. Unlike a work of art, cities cannot stay the same. Cities are living organisms, the choice is one of downward spiral (New York City circa 1970s) or excelsior (New York City circa 2000s). The new investment in and around Chelsea brings more people, more jobs, more tax revenue, and more excitement to the neighborhood.
Pardon me if I'm too blunt (I am a New Yorker), but if you don't like the vitality that an upwardly mobile ever changing city provides, there are plenty of sleeper locations scattered across the world where you might feel more comfortable. And please don't tell Jeremiah about the Whitney Museum planned for the southern terminus of the line. For some reason I don't think he will like it."
Gary Roth
Chelsea Resident and High Line Volunteer
"I empathize with Jeremiah Moss. I'm a curmudgeon, too. When Chelsea Piers opened, I was glad to have access to the Hudson, but grumbled ice hockey and golf were suburbanizing Chelsea. As Chelsea's few pioneer galleries became hundreds and boutiques moved in with them, I complained my neighborhood would end up like SoHo. When plans to save the elevated railway seemed to have a chance, I cheered at the prospect of getting a park in my neighborhood and got involved. Like Mr. Moss, I was excited when it opened, but my delight is undiminished.
Sure, the High Line has been wildly successful, so we can't expect to be alone there (although it is very quiet in the mornings). It is a horticulturally rich place where wildflowers are not tamed, but cultivated. Visitors, who stop to comment or ask about the plants while I am volunteering there, appreciate they are not weeds.
Chelsea has been changing for decades and development might have been much less to Mr. Moss' liking had that derelict railway been torn down. The High Line has preserved part of our past and has given us a unique and important park that is the envy of cities around the world."
Patricia Jonas
West Chelsea Resident, High Line Member, and High Line Volunteer
"To say that the High Line is destroying the neighborhood is simply false. As a long-time member of the arts community in West Chelsea, Printed Matter has seen the positive impacts the High Line has had on the neighborhood it dissects. The park has brought many more visitors – both New Yorkers and tourists alike – to the art organizations, galleries, and other local businesses. Friends of the High Line works closely with our organization and the many others in our neighborhood to bring contemporary art into the public realm within a unique park setting."
James Jenkin
Executive Director, Printed Matter
"I am 19 years old and I have been a resident of Chelsea for 13 years. Since the High Line opened, I have seen nothing but a positive outlook. Tenth Avenue is now more welcoming and inviting, people from all over New York are coming out to visit. The High Line being nothing but a tourist attraction is not true; it is a place for all people and is an oasis to forget about everyday life and worries."
Kylah Bruno
Graduate of the High Line Youth Corps and Current Part-Time Staff Member at Friends of the High Line
"'Disney World on the Hudson' paints a narrow portrait of the High Line's impact on the Chelsea community. While Chelsea has become aggressively affluent over the years, let us not blindly point our finger at the beautiful park whose creative urban personality offers long-time Chelsea residents like myself a refuge amidst the big city energy.
It is important to recognize and accept that neighborhoods evolve organically. The High Line was founded as a grassroots movement in the Chelsea neighborhood and continues to be true to form with a vested interested in the future of its neighbors, in maintaining open dialogue with through tenants associations, community board meetings and tabling on-site. Its recent High Line Teen Picks program, a movie series curated by local teens, was also in direct response to a survey initiative where the public requested similar programming for teens. The High Line has unyieldingly supported Chelsea residents since inception."
Ana Nicole Rodriguez
Chelsea Resident and High Line Volunteer
"Jeremiah Moss may not be entirely wrong by thinking that the High Line is gentrifying that part of our city. But he is very wrong about the park's visitors, which makes one wonder about the basis for his predictions for the future.
As a 13-year resident of the West Village, with the Gansevoort Street end of the High Line less than a 10-minute walk from my lobby, I can assure him that many neighborhood residents, and small independent business owners, enjoy and embrace the High Line, and not only for whatever it adds to property values.
Many people thought turning the High Line into a park wouldn't happen, and wouldn't work. Three years in, the novelty hasn't worn off yet, but 10 years from now we'll wonder how anyone could have had doubts."
Tom Morris
West Village Resident, High Line Member, and Volunteer
"I have lived in West Chelsea since the 1990's, and I have volunteered with Friends of the Hgh Line for nearly ten years. The push to turn the High Line into a public park came from the people who live and work in our community. Now that the park is open, the High Line is a neighborhood treasure.
I regularly volunteer at the High Line, as a greeter and also for our family programs, which are an important part of our community outreach. In addition, I visit the park every morning to get in my morning jog, not to mention my sunset visits to the High Line for my refreshing evening sweets.
To say that the park is a 'tourist-clogged catwalk' is misinformed. Yes, it gets crowded on the weekends, but crowds are part of our daily lives in New York City, and tourism helps our local businesses."
Maria Padavano
Chelsea Resident and High Line Volunteer
"Making an eyesore into something lovely and open to all (at no charge) is a good thing. I live in the neighborhood and I welcome the park. My husband and I walk on it often and have not been trampled on. I confess to be less enamored of private cars in Manhattan then some. Public transportation is more environmentally sound."
Fran Smyth
Arts & Business Council of New York
"As a 16-year resident of the West Village, I was surprised to read Jeremiah Moss' claim that the High Line is 'destroying neighborhoods as it grows.'
The High Line is an incredible resource for my family and many others in our neighborhood. I visit frequently with my daughters to take in the landscape and views, to enjoy a snack from the food vendors, or to attend one of the many family activities organized by Friends of the High Line.
Sometimes the park can be congested, but crowds are a small price to pay for this treasure. If the park had not been built, if the High Line had been torn down, I imagine it would have been replaced with residential towers similar to those in other parts of the City, where there is limited public space.
My suggestion to Mr. Moss: visit the High Line in the morning, when the park is serene, and it is anything but a 'tourist-clogged catwalk.'"
Beverly Israely
West Village Resident, High Line Member, and Volunteer
"As a lifelong New Yorker (and Chelsea resident) I share grief and anger over lost neighborhoods, but Jeremiah Moss' tirade fails to consider two important facts.
First, change defines New York City. In 1856, Harper's Monthly lamented: 'New York is never the same for a dozen years together. A man born forty years ago finds nothing of the [city] he knew.'
Second, the High Line is a testament to the neighborhoods it dissects. More than a decade ago, a broad community of New Yorkers saved it from demolition and transformed it into a public park. Today the High Line is an inspiring public space, free and open to all, celebrated by its community, and sustained by the very same New Yorkers who founded the movement to save it.
Once, Chelsea was home to lumberyards and oyster merchants. Did those who built auto repair shops on this land lament their passing?"
Annik LaFarge
Chelsea Resident and High Line Member


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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - DECEMBER 02: Denzel Ward
After the trade that saw cornerback Damarious Randall join the Browns in return for quarterback DeShone Kizer , the Packers have a few questions to answer when it comes to the cornerback position.
Last year, the cornerback performance was amongst the worst in the league, and without Randall, Packers fans will turn towards the draft for players.
Let's take a look at some of the best prospects.
Jackson is an athletic freak who possesses the reach and height needed for a cornerback in the NFL. Previously, Jackson played wide receiver, a position that presented him with incredible ball skills and outstanding hands.
The researchers developed 4 different basic scenarios and a larger number of combinations based on these scenarios:
Constant Enrollment Numbers (CEN): This is the researcher's most pessimistic scenario. Here it is assumed that no more schools are being opened in any place in the world so that the absolute number of people reaching a particular educational level is frozen at the current number. This means that enrollment rates are declining when the population size increases.Constant Enrollment Numbers (CEN):
In practice the WC-IIASA researchers almost always consider CER as the most pessimistic scenario and only rarely discuss CEN.
Constant Enrollment Rates (CER) : This is another pessimistic scenario. While in the CEN scenario the absolute of enrolled students stagnates, the assumption in the CER scenario is that the of enrollment stagnates. In this scenario the most recently observed rates of educational enrollment are frozen at their current rate and no further improvement in enrollment is assumed.Constant Enrollment Rates (CER)
This will still result in further improvements of adult education because in many countries the younger cohorts are better educated than the older ones. But in the longer run this scenario also implies stagnation.
Fast Track (FT): This scenario is the most optimistic one and here it is assumed that countries follow the most rapid education expansion achieved in recent history which is that of South Korea.Fast Track (FT):
Global Education Trend (GET): This is the middle scenario and here the researchers assume that countries will follow the average path of educational expansion that other countries already further advanced in this process have experienced.In this scenario the researchers project the medium future trajectory based on the experience of all countries over the past 40 yearsGlobal Education Trend (GET):
The researchers write:"The GET scenario is moderately optimistic, and can be considered as the most likely."
In a 2001 paper, Nico Keilman assessed the projections of the global demographic changes that the UN published between 1951 and 1998.
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The next graph shows the increase of the world population (solid black line) along with the UN projections published between 1950 and 1980. With the exception of the projection "1950 I", which relied on poor data – especially for China – the forecasts are remarkably accurate. Even the 1950 III forecast that was made with better information on China after the 1953 Census is not far off for the population size half a century later.
Nevertheless it is interesting to see that over the first decades the UN underestimated the population growth and for the last period they overestimated the world population. Why this happened becomes clearer if we look at the projections for the world fertility rate and global life expectancy.
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All proposals for SICs must include a designated faculty sponsor who accepts overall responsibility for the academic quality of the course, including instruction and evaluation . Faculty should be advised that if they plan to use undergraduates in any way in presenting material or in evaluating other students that they (the faculty) are assuming a major supervisory responsibility. Proposals for SICs should include a statement by the faculty sponsor about how she or he plans to fulfill that responsibility.All proposals for SICs must include a designated faculty sponsor who accepts overall responsibility for the academic quality of the course, including instruction and evaluation
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(AP) Braves hold off Dodgers 4-3, division series tied
By CHARLES ODUM
AP Sports Writer
The Braves are supposed to be a team that relies on strong pitching and home runs.
Instead, Atlanta evened its NL division series against the Los Angeles Dodgers with clutch defense as the complement for Mike Minor's strong start.
Jason Heyward drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the seventh, Minor allowed only one run and the Braves turned three double plays in their 4-3 win over Los Angeles on Friday night.
The defense delivered another key play in the ninth when catcher Gerald Laird threw out pinch-runner Dee Gordon trying to steal second base.
The series shifts to Los Angeles tied 1-1. The Braves knew they couldn't afford a second straight home loss.
"We definitely didn't want to lose two games in front of our home crowd," said Chris Johnson, who had two hits, including a fourth-inning single that gave Atlanta a 2-1 lead.
Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez drove in three runs with three hits, including a two-run homer in the eighth that cut the Braves' lead to one run. The homer added more value to Heyward's two-run single in the seventh.
With the Braves leading 2-1, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly ordered an intentional walk to pinch-hitter Reed Johnson, loading the bases for Heyward. Mattingly wanted left-hander Paco Rodriguez to face Heyward, a left-handed hitter.
Heyward drilled a two-run single up the middle for a 4-1 lead.
Mattingly said Rodriguez "is a guy we think gets Heyward out. Been getting those guys out all year long for us."
The decision to face Heyward instead of Johnson left room for second-guessing.
"I mean, you think you obviously look at everything, but we're down 2-1," Mattingly said. "Yeah, you always look back at everything. You could have done this, you could have done that. I think you look at it honestly and see what you think."
Heyward said he understood the strategy.
"Play the matchups," Heyward said. "That's what the postseason is about. You go lefty-lefty there.
"I'm glad to have an opportunity to come through big for my team right there. I got a pitch and didn't miss it."
Minor allowed one run on eight hits and one walk in 6 1-3 innings.
The Braves' last double play ended the seventh after the Dodgers had runners on first and third with one out following a pinch-hit infield single by Michael Young.
Reliever Luis Avilan fielded a grounder by Carl Crawford and made a quick and accurate throw to shortstop Andrelton Simmons, who then fired to first to complete the double play.
Simmons said he didn't expect Ayala to come to second with his throw.
"I was hoping he'd go home," Simmons said.
"He kind of caught (the grounder) a little weird and I was scared he was going to make a bad throw. He made a good throw and it was a good play."
Simmons jumped in the air after making the throw to first as Ayala pumped his fist on the mound and Minor applauded in the dugout.
"We played good defense," said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez, who said Avilan made a bold throw.
"You see a lot of those plays end up in center field," Gonzalez said.
Zack Greinke allowed two runs on only four hits and no walks in 6 innings. Right-hander Chris Withrow allowed two runs in the seventh.
The Braves also turned double plays in the second and third innings follow leadoff singles by Juan Uribe and Crawford, respectively.
David Carpenter almost lost the 4-1 lead in the eighth. Carpenter walked Mark Ellis to open the inning before Ramirez made contact on an awkward, lunging swing for a two-run homer that landed in the first row of the left-field seats.
Ramirez also had two doubles, including one that drove in a run in the first.
Carpenter recovered to strike out Adrian Gonzalez and Yasiel Puig. Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez brought in closer Craig Kimbrel for the final four outs.
Kimbrel's fastball was clocked at 100 mph when Uribe grounded out to hit the eighth. Kimbrel hit 100 mph again in the ninth when he struck out Skip Schumaker before walking A.J. Ellis. Gordon, running for Ellis, was called out on the close play trying to steal second.
Mattingly said after watching a replay he thought Gordon was safe.
Said Gordon: "I really don't want to talk about it. You guys saw the replay. … I felt like everything was good. Simmons blocked the bag and I felt like I got under it.
"I need to do better at my job and make sure I'm safe next time."
Kimbrel walked pinch-hitter Andre Ethier before striking out Crawford to end the game.
NOTES: The Dodgers stranded baserunners on first and third in the sixth when Minor struck out Uribe. … Former Braves manager Bobby Cox threw out the first pitch, making the throw all the way to pitcher Tim Hudson behind the plate. … Cox sat near the Braves dugout on the same row with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn. … NBA legend Magic Johnson, part of the Dodgers' ownership team, said the playoff season is "the most fun I've had in years." … Attendance was 48,966. … Braves RHP Julio Teheran will face Dodgers LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu on Sunday night.


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In a large bowl or baking dish, whisk together 1 quart of the buttermilk, 2 tablespoons salt, 2 teaspoons of chile de arbol powder, or hot sauce, and a little bit of pepper, if desired. Add the chicken pieces, turn to coat, cover, and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Place the remaining 2 cups of buttermilk in a bowl. Stir together the flour, garlic and onion powders, paprika, and 2 teaspoons chile de arbol powder (or cayenne) in a large bowl. Divide flour mixture among 2 shallow platters and season generously with salt and pepper. Drain the chicken in a colander and pat it dry. Dredge the pieces a few at a time in the flour mixture and pat off excess, then dip in the buttermilk and allow excess to drain off. Dredge in the second plate of flour and pat off the excess. Put the chicken pieces on a piece of waxed paper or on a clean platter while you heat the oil.
Pour about 3 inches of oil into a deep cast iron skillet; the oil should not come more than halfway up the sides of the pot. Put the pot over medium-high heat and heat the oil to 375 degrees F on a deep-fry thermometer. Working in batches, add the chicken pieces to the hot oil, 3 or 4 at a time and fry, turning the pieces occasionally, until evenly golden brown and cooked through, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and transfer to a rack to drain; repeat to cook the remaining pieces. Serve hot.
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Virgil E. Beam, 76
Virgil E. Beam, 76, of Wapakoneta, died at 1:13 a.m. Monday, March 11, 2013, at his residence, surrounded by his family.
He was born on Jan. 5, 1937, in Belmore, the son of Fred W. and Doris (Newell) Beam, who preceded him in death.
On Oct. 22, 1960, he married Joyce B. Fortman, and she survives.
Other survivors include four children, Douglas W. Beam, Wapakoneta, Laurie A. (Michael) Byer, St. Marys, Debra J. (Frank) Oen, Cridersville and Michael A. Beam, Wapakoneta; eight grandchildren, Jenifer (Gary) Beebe, Jessica Oen, Kelly Byer, Nathan Oen, Jonathon Beam, Sarah Byer, Randall Oen, and Dinah Oen; a sister, Betty (William) Griffith, Leipsic; a sister-in-law, Nancy Beam, Avon Lake.
He was preceded in death by a grandchild, Carrie Oen, and a brother, Arthur Beam.
Virgil retired as foreman of the truss department at Hoge Lumber, New Knoxville. Prior to that, he had worked at Auglaize Lumber Co. He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church, where he was a lay speaker, a former Sunday school teacher, and sang in the church choir for 52 years. A 1955 graduate of Leipsic High School, he was salutatorian of his class, played football and was a member of the track team. He attended Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo and studied electrical engineering. He was a member of the Ohio Alpha Chapter of the Kappa Mu Epsilon Fraternity, and honorary mathematics society. Virgil was a member of Gideons International and was a U.S. Army veteran. He loved music, and his hobbies included singing, fishing, gardening, and playing the piano and harmonica.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013, at the Salem United Methodist Church, Wapakoneta, the Rev. Becky Gray, officiating.
Burial is to follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Wapakoneta, where military rites will be conducted by the Wapakoneta VFW.
The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Bayliff and Eley Funeral Home, State Route 501, Wapakoneta, and one hour prior to the service Thursday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Gideons International. Condolences may be expressed at BayliffAndEleyFh.com.


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A Major Walking Dead Character Will Return In Season Four
Spoiler alert for last night's episode.
(Spoiler alert) Last night featured the long-anticipated showdown between the Governor's Woodbury army and Rick's prison folk. However, unlike in the comic book, the Governor survives and drives off without us knowing where. Well, apparently he won't get too far, as it was announced today that David Morrissey will be reprising the role for the show's fourth season. It's not clear if this will be an every-episode thing or if he'll just pop in periodically to murder some innocent people and model new eye-patch designs.


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Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 6-3, clinch AL East title
Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 6-3, clinch AL East title
Jon Lester was shown in motion during the first inning of Friday's game.
Teammates rubbed Dustin Pedroia's head after he scored in the first inning.
David Ortiz was tagged out by Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia while trying to score.
Mike Carp walked with the bases loaded in the third inning, bringing home Daniel Nava (background).
Nava was congratulated in the dugout after scoring on the walk.
Lester was pumped up after escaping a bases-loaded jam in the fourth inning.
Pedroia was not happy after he hit into a double play to end Boston's fourth-inning rally.
Will Middlebrooks and Blue Jays outfielder Rajai Davis collided in the fifth inning, when Davis stole third base.
Ortiz used a little body English as he watched his RBI single in the seventh inning.
Nava and Ortiz got high-fives from Middlebrooks after scoring on a seventh inning single by Carp (not pictured).
Closer Koji Uehara leaped in celebration after recording the final out.
The players piled onto the field to celebrate after the final out.
Uehara christened Ortiz with celebratory champagne in the clubhouse.
Ortiz took a direct hit of celebratory champagne during the clubhouse celebration.
John Lackey tugged on Mike Napoli's beard in the clubhouse.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia (left) and Jonny Gomes celebrated as they made their way off the Fenway Park turf.
Fans cheered after the Red Sox clinched the AL East title, their first division title since 2007.


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The Lund High tracksters have jumped into spring with two meets. March 8 they traveled to Laughlin for a meet of 12 small schools. For the girls seniors Ciera Jensen and Tori Montoya were the top performers. Jensen finished second in the 200-meter … [Read more...]
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Mr. & Mrs. Vex Okoth
Erica Diane Duryea and Vex Okoth were united in marriage June 26, 2013, after eloping to Hawaii where they were wed on Kona Beach. Officiant was the Rev. James Patrick Thompson. The bride is the daughter of Sally and Dennis Lehn of Shelton, and Matthew and Betty Duryea of Lexington. Her grandparents are LaVern and Leona Duryea of Mason City. The groom is the son of Freda Okoth of Nairobi, Kenya, and the late Okoth Rawo. Erica is employed as a flight attendant with United Airlines. Vex works as a sales supervisor for Maersk, Inc. The bride wore a floor length pink and purple floral gown, while the groom was dressed in a matching pink shirt and white trousers. Erica carried a bouquet of white tropical flowers, and the couple exchanged pink leis - a Hawaiian tradition during the wedding ceremony. Cards of congratulations may be sent to Mr. & Mrs. Vex Okoth, 172 South Ridgewood Road, Apt. 1, South Orange, NJ 07079.


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Building contractor says M&S knew of asbestos risk
A building contractor who had carried out work at a number of Marks & Spencer stores has made a series of claims to the BBC about the level of risk from asbestos at a number of stores during refurbishments.
M&S was fined back in 2011 for asbestos risks in its Reading store during refurbishment. However, the contractor is claiming this is just one of many incidents in his experience with the company.
The riskAsbestos is present in buildings across the high street, as builders took advantage of what they thought at the time was a versatile, cheap and flame-retardant material. It was used extensively until the 1970s, but at that point the building industry became aware of the true hazards of the material. If fragments of asbestos are inhaled it can cause cancer and a number of lung conditions.
The material had been used for hundreds of years, but only became commercially successful in the 1920s and 1930s. Because asbestos-related disease takes up to 40 years to develop, the true risks took this long to emerge - during which time asbestos continued to be fitted and worked with around the country. It is now banned in the UK, but the effects continue to blight thousands of lives.
The claimsThe contractor's story will be on the BBC's Inside Out programme tonight. He makes a number of allegations during the programme. He says that during the refurbishment of London's Marble Arch store in 2008 there were a number of incidents where asbestos was not treated properly, and that asbestos had been broken up and left lying around.
Steve Rowe, a Marks & Spencer board member, told the programme: "On the face of it these allegations sound worrying, but our team at the time 15 years ago thoroughly investigated them on the day. They thoroughly investigated them some three months afterwards and again I've spoken to those individuals and could find no case whatsoever to say any member of staff or any member of the public was put at risk."
ReadingA spokesperson told AOL that there had been one incident in 2008 in a store in Reading, which was being renovated when ceiling tiles containing asbestos fell to the floor. The incident was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive, and a case brought in 2011. M&S was convicted of two charges of failing to ensure the health and safety of workers, and fined £1 million. She said: "There was one regrettable incident in Reading for which M&S has apologised, but there have been no further incidents in the 129 year history of M&S."
The spokesperson added: "M&S stores are completely safe for employees and customers."
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Memorial services for Robert Keith Bowen, 54, of San Angelo, will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at McCoy Chapel of Memories with Rev. James Baker officiating. He was cremated at McCoy Funeral Home.Bowen died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, in Austin.He was born Feb. 24, 1957, in Hamlin. He was a Baptist. He graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1975. Keith became a rancher and worked in Tucson, Ariz. for 16 months and New Mexico several years and also in Wyoming. He also lived in San Angelo the past couple of years and drove a truck for Jones Brothers Trucking in San Angelo.Survivors include his son, Bradley Bowen of San Angelo, Texas; wife, Becky Bowen of San Angelo, Texas; parents, Robert and Bobbie Bowen of Sweetwater, Texas; sister, Debbie Moorehead and husband Ronnie of Aspermont, Texas; two brothers, Jeff Bowen of Roscoe and Dwayne Bowen of Sweetwater; grandmother, Annie Pearl Lair of Melrose, N.M.; two grandchildren, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Bowen of Rotan, Texas and Sterling Morien Bowen of Rotan, Texas.


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Snappity Dapity is a phrase used to express your excitement in someone'e elses behaviour. It is an extension of the phrase "oh, snap!". It may be used to emphasize someone else getting burned, a congratulations, a way of telling a person you are impressed with something they said.
John is watching a t.v. show and the main character makes a move on an attractive woman. John smoothly says, "snappity dappity" to express his excitement for the main character.
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Cathead Biscuits, which have become one of my most popular blog recipes. My men love them, and I think they're okay. I got to thinking that I might adapt that recipe. Then again, I thought, I'd see what kind of recipes my trusty King Arthur Flour website would have for biscuits. I have a bag of their new unbleached self-rising flour (and I love it) and there it was-- Easy Self-Rising Biscuits. I was ready for the challenge!
First, I wanted to replicate the butter. Pure Maple Syrup is a staple at home. Yes, I do keep Chipotle Chili Powder on hand. It was 1-2-3 easy to do. One stick of butter, softened. I settled on 4 Tablespoons of maple syrup and 1/2 teaspoon of Chipotle Chili Powder.
I used Sharp Cheddar Cheese, but you can use whatever you like. I used butter for the biscuits, instead of shortening. TIP: I use frozen butter and grate it into the flour. I think this is much easier than using a pastry cutter.
The grated butter helps me to easily work the butter into the self-rising flour with my hands, without warming it too much. Cold butter = tender biscuits. I then added the cheese and bacon.
I am convinced that using buttermilk makes a very tender biscuit. Once the dough comes together as "shaggy", I dump it onto a floured surface. We're not going to be kneading the dough, or I'll get some tough biscuits. Instead, with floured hands, we'll fold press the dough together and then fold it over itself a few times.
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Blogging is hip. Blogging is cool. More and more companies are using blogs as corporate marketing tools. Some of these efforts are enormously successful, while others make us shudder. Before your company adopts a blogging strategy, here's what you've got to know.
Some companies like Google, GM and Cisco have official company blogs. Others like Sun and Microsoft have hundreds of employee bloggers to which the companies link to from the corporate web site. Still others are encouraging executives and rank and file employees to blog, but don't seem to be having much success. Here are some thoughts about corporate blogs.
Hit the Target
What are you trying to accomplish with blogging? What you decide should have a huge impact on the type(s) of blogs and who authors them. Some common goals include:
- Feedback for developers or product managers
- Relationship building with customers or developers
- Thought leadership
One goal that we see coming up more frequently–and to which we are very supportive–is influencer marketing.
What Kind of Blog?
There are lots of different types of blogs. The most popular types are:
- Link aggregators use lots of short posts to link to lots of other blogs and articles. One of the most popular is Glenn Reynold's Instapundit.
- Essayists write longer (hopefully more thoughtful) articles around an idea of interest. Rubicon's own Michael Mace writes essay-type posts on mobile computing at Mobile Opportunity. There are lots of political essayists in the blogosphere.
- Feedback & response blogs help organizations connect with users or developer communities.
- E-Zines are not really blogs per se, but some allow readers to post public comments about articles they read.
- Group blogs have multiple authors.
Personal blogs are a way to share pictures, news or provide a public diary for the author.
There are even more types of posts. This link talks about 20 different types of posts.
Official or Unofficial?
Response and PR-oriented efforts work well as company-endorsed blogs. Keep in mind no one likes misrepresentation. Don't veil company operatives and think you'll get away with it forever — be honest. If thought leadership is your goal, you definitely want to go another way — regardless of whether the author is a senior executive or a developer. We hope no explanation is necessary.
Blogging Guidelines
How do you keep employees from revealing secrets or defaming your company? The short answer is that you employ the right kind of people. If they want to harm your company, blogging is nothing but one kind of stage in a world full of alternates. Most employees understand that there are things they should not write about and are open to supportive guidance.
Some companies have blogging guidelines for employees who blog about their company or industry while others do not. Most require a disclaimer saying that the views expressed are the author's. If you are going to offer guidelines, keep them simple and supportive. Both Yahoo! and Thomas Nelson Publishing offer good examples. Thomas Nelson went a step further and posted drafts of their guidelines on a blog and solicited comments. The final draft is a much better document as a result.
What Goes Wrong?
Outside of the usual sins–wrong type of blog for a given objective, or worse yet, no clear objective, companies often have the wrong people blogging or smother them in corporate oversight. Blogs work when they are a personal expression, so if the author is not giddy about the idea of blogging, they are unlikely to write the number and quality of posts that will make them successful. Nothing will dampen the enthusiasm for a blogger faster than a review process for posts. If you don't trust 'em, don't link to 'em. Guide them with love and support, not with threats or authority. After all, these are your valued employees, who make your business successful, aren't they?
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Blue Eagle (1.5.0) for K5.1 is released (20 Jul 2018)
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We made several bug fixes and improvements. Also Blue Eagle has now all the features from Crypsis.
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Back on Day 10 with another chance to win. We've paired up with @NVIDIATegra to give away a new prize daily til Christmas, as part of our 25 Days of Tegra. To enter today, all you've gotta do is leave a comment below!
The Prize: Lenovo IdeaPad A2109
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It's a holiday miracle! This year we've expanded our eligible countries to include the following: US (excluding Puerto Rico and its other territories and possessions), Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Finland, Czech Republic, Australia, China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau), Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, India (excluding the State of Tamil Nadu), and Brazil. If you're keeping track, that's like quadruple the locales we normally ship to, so huzzah!
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This is one of the last days we'll have such an easy challenge, so take advantage now. Simply leave a comment below and you'll be entered to win. Of course, you'll need to be a registered user. Multiple comments are allowed on this post, but each user will only be counted once. The winner will be chosen at random, so don't bother downvoting each other.
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A fictionalised account of Jack's own journeys across America with his friend Neal Cassady, Kerouac's beatnik odyssey captured the soul of a generation and changed the landscape of American fiction for ever.
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When Jack Kerouac's On the Road first appeared in 1957, readers instantly felt the beat of a new literary rhythm. A fictionalised account of his own journeys across America with his friend Neal Cassady, Kerouac's beatnik odyssey captured the soul of a generation and changed the landscape of American fiction for ever.
'It changed my life like it changed everyone else's'
Influenced by Jack London and Thomas Wolfe, Kerouac always wanted to be a writer, but his true voice only emerged when he wrote about his own experiences in On the Road. Leaving a broken marriage behind him, Sal Paradise (Kerouac) joins Dean Moriarty (Cassady), a tearaway and former reform school boy, on a series of journeys that takes them from New York to San Francisco, then south to Mexico. Hitching rides and boarding buses, they enter a world of hobos and drifters, fruit-pickers and migrant families, small towns and wide horizons. Adrift from conventional society, they experience America in the raw: a place where living is hard, but 'life is holy and every moment is precious'.
With its smoky, jazz-filled atmosphere and its restless, yearning spirit of adventure, On the Road left its mark on the culture of the late 20th century, influencing countless books, films and songs. Kerouac's prose is remarkable both for its colloquial swing and for the pure lyricism inspired by the American landscape – 'the backroads, the black-tar roads that curve among the mournful rivers like Susquehanna, Monongahela, old Potomac and Monocacy'. This Folio Society edition is illustrated with evocative photographs of Kerouac and the landscapes of 1950s America. Now acknowledged as a modern classic, On the Road remains a thrilling and poignant story of the road less travelled.
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Entire Houston area asked to read One Amazing Thing
Professor Chitra Divakaruni's 2010 novel inaugural selection of regional reading initiative
A citywide book club just wasn't big enough for the greater Houston area.
The Houston Public Library has combined its Books on the Bayou "one city, one book" reading initiative with similar efforts by the public library systems in Harris, Brazoria, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties to launch a regional version called Gulf Coast Reads: On the Same Page. Other partners include the Houston Independent School District, Inprint, Houston Read Commission, and independent booksellers.
As with other such projects across the nation, Gulf Coast Reads picks one book for communities to read and discuss at libraries throughout the region.
The novel selected to inaugurate the new initiative and bridge diversity divides within the nation's fourth largest city and her suburban sisters – Bellaire, Sugar Land, The Woodlands – is One Amazing Thing by Chitra Divakaruni, the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing in the Department of English.
Her 16th published work, One Amazing Thing is set in an unnamed American city in the moments before and the time after an earthquake that leaves nine people stranded in a basement passport office. As they experience post-quake disasters and face the possibility of death, the strangers ease the rising panic by each sharing a secret "one amazing thing" that's happened in his or her life.
The cultural diversity of the characters, the theme of preparation and providence, the respect for storytelling and oral history gives the novel modern Texan sensibilities.
In interviews, Divakaruni has said the novel was inspired by her own family's experiences stuck in a car on Interstate-10 while trying – with hundreds of thousands of other Houstonians – to get out of the path of Hurricane Rita in 2005.
"I love the thought of my community reading the book together," Divakaruni told Culture Map Houston. "Really, because the book is about so many people from different backgrounds, different cultural, racial, religious backgrounds that just seems to be so like Houston. That's what Houston is for me. It's such a diverse city, and it's nice for the communities to come together and I hope my book will do a little bit for that."
An award-winning poet and novelist, Divakaruni earned her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Two of her books, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart, have been made into movies.
Divakaruni teaches in the College's nationally-recognized Creative Writing Program and is assisting in the development of the new India Studies minor in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies.


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PRESS RELEASE: Chancellor helps honor high school students pursuing STEM degrees
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~ Two-day awards and recruitment event spotlights the state's top students ~
ORLANDO – Florida's efforts to expand and enrich its focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers got an added boost during the last two days through the Sunshine State Scholars program being championed by the Florida Education Foundation and the Florida Department of Education. This year's Scholars program invited the top-performing STEM-focused students from each school district to attend an event honoring their achievements. The program also provided each student with direct access to Florida's university and college recruiters to discuss postsecondary opportunities and reasons why their talents and knowledge would bring them the greatest success if kept here in the Sunshine State.
"The Sunshine State Scholars Program is exactly what Florida needs to keep our STEM talent here at home to build up the type of thriving industries that will revitalize our economy," said Florida Commissioner of Education Gerard Robinson. "These STEM scholars truly have a chance to make a difference here in Florida and I can't thank our program sponsors enough for making this awards and recruitment event possible."
The program began yesterday evening with a welcome reception keynoted by Commissioner Robinson, Chancellor Frank Brogan of the State University System of Florida, and Stacy Carlson of the Helios Education Foundation, one of the event's main sponsors. This morning's activities featured a breakfast event headlined by Dr. Jimmie Davis of STEMflorida followed by a recruitment fair where the scholars met with higher education officials to talk about their futures and explore the opportunities and careers that could await them in Florida. The event was capped off with an awards luncheon where scholars were treated to an inspirational speech by Rosemary Woods, Vice President-Transportation, Atkins, sponsor of the luncheon.
Chancellor Brogan pointed to the diversity of these students' current accomplishments and the breadth of opportunities for them at Florida's 11 public institutions with total enrollment today at more than 325,000 students.
"We want today's Sunshine State Scholars to be tomorrow's state university students, strengthening our national and global competitiveness. Pursuing STEM degrees here in Florida helps us to raise our current ranking – which is compelling – as the third-highest producer for four-year STEM degrees of any public university system in the United States."
Brogan urged future students and their families to take time to look at the Board of Governors' just-released 2010-11 Annual Accountability Report, which provides comparative data for key metrics on all 11 institutions: "We are fast becoming the State University System with the most robust framework of accountability in the nation – one that is user-friendly, with at-a-glance data tables, and an interactive web site feature that prospective students should review closely."
"The Sunshine State Scholars is a great program that encourages our young talent to stay in Florida to attend college," said Florida College System Chancellor Randy Hanna. "These students are vital to Florida's economic future. The program opens their eyes to the fascinating array of STEM career opportunities available to them right here at home."
"I'm proud to have the Foundation involved in this wonderful event and to see our partners in the business community contribute so generously to make it possible," said Florida Education Foundation Chairman Dominic M. Calabro. "Keeping our top scholars in their native state presents the type of win-win scenario we have been looking for – better opportunities for them and a spark of home-grown talent to drive our workforce into the future."
The Sunshine State Scholars program is a collaboration between the Florida Education Foundation, the State University System of Florida, the Division of Florida Colleges, and the Florida Department of Education. Event sponsors of this year's program include the Helios Education Foundation, Universal Orlando Resort, Gulf Power, Atkins, Florida Trend Magazine, and the Florida Lottery.
More information about the Education Foundation and the Sunshine State Scholars program can be found at www.floridaeducationfoundation.org. The Board of Governors' 2010-11 Annual Accountability Report is posted at www.flbog.edu, along with the Board's Strategic Plan, 2012-2025.


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Industrial Physics Forums & Events
Held in conjunction with AIP Member Society meetings, Industrial Physics Forums (IPF) explore new applications of physics, product developments, and other opportunities for science in today's economic environment. Regional networking forums facilitate interactions among physicists involved in industrial applications.
Recent Forums:
IPF 2015: Mesoscale Science and Technology of Materials and Metamaterials
Held in conjunction with the AVS 62nd International Symposium & Exhibition
October 18-23; San Jose, CA
Pre-registration opens mid-July
IPF 2014: Capacity Building for Industrial Physics in Developing Economies
September 2014: Campinas, Brazil
Frontiers of Industrial and Applied Physics
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March 4 - 6, 2014, Denver, CO


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It's a three-peat! The St. Mary's Knights are Section 2A Champions for the third year in a row after defeating New Ulm Cathedral 41-26 on Nov. 1.
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It's a three-peat! The St. Mary's Knights are Section 2A Champions for the third year in a row after defeating New Ulm Cathedral 41-26 on Nov. 1.
Quarterback Brandon Helget said making it to State for the third year is indescribable.
"Can't really explain how it feels," Helget said. "It's just a great feeling knowing you got this far."
Throughout last week, the Section Final had plenty of buildup. This was due to the previous triple overtime meeting between the two Tomahawk Conference rivals. But all nerves of another nail-biter were quickly diminished, after sophomore Kodan Kosak ran back 85 yards and a touchdown on the opening kickoff. Kosak summed up his return in three words.
"It was awesome," Kosak said.
Thanks to Kosak, St. Mary's found itself up 6-0 to start the game. After a short, five play drive by the Greyhounds, the Knights had the ball again. Eleven plays and 80 yards later, it was junior Lucas Heiderscheidt who ran three yards for a touchdown. Junior David Surprenant ran in for the two-point conversion.
Although St. Mary's had a 14-0 lead, New Ulm Cathedral responded with a long drive of its own. After 13 plays, the Greyhounds were able to break the Knights defense and cut the lead to only six. After a three-and-out by both teams, nerves set in again for St. Mary's fans as Cathedral tied the game up 14-14 from a 29 yard touchdown run. But thanks to Surprenant and Helget, the Knights had the lead again on their next drive. Helget, who led in both passing and rushing for the second game in a row, ran for 26 yards which set up a 29 yard touchdown run by Surprenant. Surprenant was given the ball again for the two-point conversion and St. Mary's took a 22-14 lead at halftime.
Six of the seven plays on the next scoring drive for the Knights were made solely by Surprenant. Surprenant ran for 54 yards during the drive, which resulted in a touchdown with three minutes remaining in the third quarter. The two-point conversion run by junior Jaden Wait was no good.
The Greyhounds showed determination to stay in the game after they scored a touchdown in the middle of the fourth quarter to bring the score to 28-20. But directly afterward, Helget struck again. This time, Helget ran for 50 yards and a touchdown to give St. Mary's a 34-20 lead.
It was then Heiderscheidt who sealed the deal on the Knight's next possession. With two minutes left in the game, Heiderscheidt ran 25 yards for a touchdown. Not to mention, he also had a 38 yard run to start the drive. The extra point by Surprenant was good, and St. Mary's had a 21 point lead. The Greyhounds scored a final touchdown with 12 seconds left, but it didn't matter as the Knights were victorious.
St. Mary's had 340 rushing yards on the night, with Helget claiming 144 of those while Surprenant had 125. Helget went 5-for-11 for 75 yards in passing. Senior John Brandl led in receiving with three receptions for 54 yards. Meanwhile, junior Carter Krzmarzick led on defense with four solo tackles and eight assists.
The undefeated Knights are off to compete at the State Tournament for a chance to redeem their first round loss at the tournament last year. Last year's season ended with a 43-12 loss to Bethlehem Academy in the opening round. This year, St. Mary's will take on the 7-3 Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity Bulldogs, who happen to be the alma mater of St. Mary's Coach Brent Kucera. The game will take place at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall on Nov. 9 at 3 p.m. If the Knights win, they will move on to play in the State Semifinal on Nov. 16 at the Mall of America Field.
Kucera said it was nice to win the Section Title, but he won't be satisfied until they make it to the Metrodome.
"Feels good, from day one this year our goal as a team was to get back to State," Kucera said. "We're still not happy, we want to keep going and we want to get back to the dome."


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Out of caution, I did not remove the section outright as I planned to do, but I would like to raise this issue on the talk page.
Could someone point me to the specific provisions of the GFDL that require Wikipedia to continue making content available to the public once it has been published online? If Wikipedia deletes content or otherwise makes it unavailable, I don't see any obligation for them to continue providing texts and attributions required by distribution of that text. Further, the anti-DRM provisions are aimed at reusers who want to deny downstream persons the rights of the GFDL, and I don't think Wikipedia is opposed to sites mirroring deleted content. GregG 17:11, 22 July 2012 (EDT)
Source does not demonstrate that Wikipedia is "left-wing communist", there are right-wing editors who edit there and evidence shown on Wikipedia on mass killings by communist regimes. Why is this not being accounted for?
This link http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4840340.stm was used as a source to say that Wikipedia is "left-wing communist". Nowhere in the source does it say that Wikipedia is "left-wing" or "communist". There are conservative and right-wing editors who work on Wikipedia, why are the contributions of conservative and right-wing editors on Wikipedia not acknowledged here?.--TheQuestioner 11:28, 3 August 2012 (EDT)
The claim ignores material like this:, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conservative_Wikipedians or this article titled "Mass killings under Communist regimes" at this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killings_under_Communist_regimes which is obviously not pro-communist but shows that communist regimes have committed mass murder. Why is info like this not accounted for?--TheQuestioner 11:43, 3 August 2012 (EDT)
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Below is a list of brief Heli-Expo news stories (in no particular order) as part of an effort to include as many helicopter support companies in this month's print issue. Unfortunately, we ran out of room to get every announcement in, but if you don't see your favorite company's announcement in the pages of this month's edition, go online to our Heli-Expo pages, which will include a Photo Gallery and Video Archive starting in late March. Don't see it there, either? Send an e-mail to email@example.com with any announcements we may have inadvertently overlooked, and please visit www.aviationtoday.com/rw/heliexpo2011 for more from the event.
âââ Thales has incorporated "significant functional enhancements" into the TopDeck avionics package for the Sikorsky S-76D (right). Improvements include functions such as localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV), XM Weather, flight following system (FFS) and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B Out). The S-76D will be certified in 2011.
âââ Pratt & Whitney Canada has handed over the first PT6C-67E production engine for the Eurocopter EC175. Testing and certification of the helicopter and engine are set to occur during the second half of 2011. Service entry is scheduled for 2012.
âââ Aero Dynamix is planning to expand its operations in Euless, Texas to a 24,300-square-foot facility. The company currently operates out of an 8,200-square-foot site.
âââ Timken has expanded its overhaul and replacement parts capabilities with 28 new FAA-certified parts for a number of helicopter drivetrain and engine variants. Included are parts on the Bell H-1, Pratt & Whitney PT6 and PW2000 engines, and Rolls-Royce Model 250.
âââ Orange County Sheriff's Department has chosen Helinet Technologies to provide an HD video downlink system for its Aviation Support Unit.
âââ Utah-based Air Medical Resource Group has agreed to buy seven of Eurocopter's new AS350B3e variant, which features Turbomeca's Arriel 2D engine. The U.S. launch customer for the AS350B3e, Air Medical Resource Group has signed a firm order for three helicopters, with options for another four. Shown at right are American Eurocopter President & CEO Marc Paganini and Joseph Hunt, CEO of Air Medical Resource Group.
âââ FAA as granted an amendment to a Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America STC for the Eurocopter AS355F1 and F2. The upgrade involves a Sagem Avionics integrated cockpit display system (ICDS) and attitude and heading reference system (AHRS).
âââ Sikorsky's S-92A has received FAA Category A approval to conduct vertical takeoff and landings from ground-level helipads.
âââ Hawke Capital Partners has agreed to acquire the assets of NorthEast Aviation Technologies of Belle Vernon, Pa. A Part 145 repair station, NorthEast will provide avionics design and integration for Uniflight, a Hawke subsidiary.
âââ Sikorsky has secured an order for six S-76C++ helicopters from SonAir Servico Aereo. SonAir has an existing fleet of five S-76C++ and four S-76C+ variants.
âââ Portugal's Omni Group has purchased three AgustaWestland AW139s. The helicopters, which will feature Pratt & Whitney PT6C-67C engines, will conduct offshore transport missions.
âââ NORTH Flight Data Systems' multifunction data acquisition unit (MFDAU) technology was on display during Heli-Expo. It is now being offered to all kinds of operators. The company has also finalized the purchase of the Outerlink Voice and Video product lines, which offer added capability and enhancement options.
âââ Jet Support Services, Inc. has started offering hourly cost maintenance programs for the Eurocopter EC135 and EC145. Under the EC135 program, operators can receive maintenance coverage for the helicopter's Turbomeca Arrius 2B2 and Pratt & Whitney PW206B2 engines. The EC145 program is similar, but covers the Turbomeca Arriel 1E2. JSSI plans to expand the program to other airframes in late 2011.
âââ Miramar, Fla.-based Becker Avionics and Axnes Aviation have reached a teaming agreement to co-market the latter's Polycon wireless intercom system. The partnership involves Backer heading up marketing of the system in North and South America for military, government and civil operators.
âââ StandardAero has secured a five-year contract to supply Rolls-Royce Model 250 engine repairs and overhauls for the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department. The agreement covers seven helicopters in the fleet, including MD500Es and Bell OH-58s. StandardAero has also designated Richmond, Va.-based HeloAir as an authorized support center.
âââ Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) has introduced Helotrac 2X, a new software system that supports the U.S. Army's UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter (LUH).
âââ DART Helicopter Services subsidiary Red Barn Machine has obtained a supplemental type certificate for a field maintenance kit on the Bell 206.
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But while some worry ratings "are gonna be ugly," there's a case to be made that maybe these early ratings don't matter as much as they once did.
The beginning of the broadcast networks' fall season used to be a time of hope and cockiness. They spent millions on new shows, and more millions to market them, then inundated viewers with 60-plus hours of new episodes all in the space of a few weeks. Back before DVRs, cable hits, and the Internet, that was a great, profitable approach. Now, with year after year of declining ratings, this tradition can seem like suicide. The annual ritual kicks off again tonight with the debut of Fox's Sleepy Hollow, and after a disastrous 2012–13 season that saw some networks lose as much as a quarter of their audience in just one year, broadcasters are nervously girding themselves for the worst-case scenario. "It's gonna be ugly," worries one network executive with decades of knowledge. Actually, it already is: NBC's multi-night "event" Million Second Quiz and the third season premiere of Fox's The X Factor, despite the benefit of heavy marketing and debuts outside of the premiere week crush, both posted numbers far lower than industry insiders expected. "When I saw the numbers for The X Factor, I got a little scared," another broadcaster admits. This angst may be more than the usual preseason jitters: It's hard to look at the ratings declines of recent years and not wonder whether the network TV model that worked so well for a half-century is quickly dying, if not already expired. NBC chief Robert Greenblatt recently joked that in the ratings game, "Flat is the new up." But, to borrow the title of one of the Peacock's failed shows from last season, what if down is the new normal?
The case for pessimism about premiere week isn't grounded in any specific critique about the quality of this year's new crop of shows, though it doesn't help that the nearly 40 new shows about to debut are generally being greeted by critics with a collective "meh." (USA Today's Robert Bianco, bemoaning the lack of any new "must-see" broadcast series, prefaced his list of the season's best shows by warning viewers they "might have to settle for falling in like.") But what's driving this fall's Big Worry isn't about quality, it's the growing realization that the on-demand viewing mentality that has defined millennial viewing for years now is quickly spreading to older viewers. "People now watch what they want, when they want," one network long-timer concedes. "It's no longer a question of what viewers watch, but when or how. Do I want to watch three episodes in a row? Do I want to watch a Tuesday show on Friday?" Another source agrees: "You can no longer program a show that's somebody's second choice for what to watch."
In other words, there's a rapidly shrinking pool of viewers who will simply lean back in their recliners and settle for whatever the broadcast networks are serving up in prime time. So come premiere week, it's getting harder and harder to convince viewers to immediately sample the networks' shiny fall models. Last year, just three first-year shows managed to debut at or above a 3.0 rating among adults under 50 — half as many as during premiere week 2011, and down from eight as recently as 2009. "My hope is that everyone does okay, but my fear is that we won't," one of our stressed-out suits says. "I'm sure there will be some glimmers of hope on everyone's schedule. But I think there will also be some 'Holy shit, I didn't think that could premiere so low.'"
Not everyone in TV land is walking around with furrowed brows or knotted stomachs. (Botox and juice cleanses help with that.) "I'm actually slightly optimistic," one veteran suit tells Vulture. There are a lot more well-known stars coming to TV this fall (Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams, James Spader) than last year, along with more family comedies (historically more likely to break out early), an intriguing spinoff of an existing hit (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland), and one very big presold concept (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Whether viewers ultimately fall in love with these newbies is obviously unknown, but history suggests viewers may at least show up to check out the premieres. What's more, there are plenty of returning shows that ended with buzzy cliff-hangers, like Scandal, New Girl, and The Good Wife. However, this exec's sunny demeanor is relative: He thinks the Big Four may look a little better this fall because last fall was such a disaster. "The good thing about a bad year is that you get the benefit of comparisons to the year before," he explains. Of course, The X Factor had a pretty underwhelming premiere last year, only to come back even lower last week.
Broadcasters are also going all-out to manage expectations for premiere week ratings. Earlier this month, in an almost unprecedented level of cooperation, the Big Four invited a number of journalists to group meetings where reps from various networks talked about the increasingly incomplete nature of overnight Nielsen numbers. Because of the combination of high-capacity DVRs and the growing acceptance of cable video on demand, "We won't know if a show is a hit until several weeks," Fox chief operating officer Joe Earley told reporters, per an account of the meeting in the Los Angeles Times. Fox is now sending reporters estimates of how many viewers a show is likely to add once DVR data gets factored in a few weeks after an episode airs. The insiders we spoke to last week also insisted networks will be very cautious in how they react to seemingly low overnight ratings. The popular game of observers handicapping which show will get the ax first may take longer to be decided. One exec predicted that, barring a complete rejection of a show, we may not see any new shows canceled for at least a month. "It takes a lot these days to call something a total failure," the source says.
Networks aren't ready to toss out their seasonal approach yet; rather, they've been experimenting with financial approaches that aren't as dependent on ratings. "It used to be this sort of straight line, where X ratings meant X [profit]," one source says. "But it's so much more complicated now. All of these new economics are starting to come into play." There are early streaming rights deals with Netflix and Amazon that help pay for series like Under the Dome, and preselling of international rights. And as CBS's recent smackdown of Time Warner Cable demonstrated, networks are intent on squeezing out as much subscription revenue as possible from companies that distribute their content. These new models have some execs arguing that TV shows now need to be judged like movies — not just on their box office, but their overall profitability. Just as a microbudget art-house feature that pulls in $25 million in ticket sales can be a far bigger moneymaker than a studio tentpole that pulls in just under $100 million (ahem, The Lone Ranger), these days it's possible for some TV shows to be bigger successes than their ratings suggest. "Every show is its own business now," avers one exec.
But is all this spin? Yes, to a point. When networks tout the improved DVR numbers, keep in mind that advertisers still don't pay for most DVR viewings, so it's mostly academic. And while NBC might be able to financially justify the tiny ratings of a show such as Hannibal by citing its relatively small price tag (it's an international co-production, so networks around the world share the cost), low same-day ratings weaken a network's ability to launch new shows (fewer people see the on-air promos) and can be hellish for local affiliates who depend on 10 p.m. network shows to funnel viewers to their local newscasts. But as sexy (and old) as stories predicting the end of network TV as we know it are (I've written a few!), there is still a giant difference between the old model radically transforming itself and the networks themselves going belly-up. Broadcasters are a shadow of their former selves, but they still cast a larger shadow than all the other forms of TV. As one of our suits told us, "When you look at all the premieres during premiere week, except for maybe ten shows on cable, everything on the networks will still be bigger than what's on cable." For now, at least.